by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
“You were one of my mentors.” Someone said that to me recently. I was surprised. We had worked together about 30 years ago, at a very difficult time in my life. He and the other leaders of the organisation I worked with, tried their best to help me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 14, 2026 | 2026, Discipleship, Growth, Spiritual Maturity
I am teaching a course on spiritual mentoring,"Growing People Relationally", with Trinity Theological College’s EQUIP programme. I have taught some variation of this course a number of times. This time round I remembered the work of Diane J....
by James W. Skillen | Aug 7, 2026 | 2026, Christian Identity, Governance, Justice
To be a citizen is to hold a political office: not an elected office, to be sure, but an important office of public responsibility nonetheless. But what does being a citizen have to do with the Christian faith? What is the connection between one’s earthly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 31, 2026 | 2026, Discernment, Evangelism, Media
Once in a while, a major cultural production will appear that presents a non-biblical view of Jesus. This shouldn’t be something that surprises us. In an interconnected world we are exposed daily to all sorts of views about all sorts of things. This is the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 23, 2026 | 2026, Christian Living, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
During our pilgrimage to Iona, Stanley our pilgrimage leader shared a reflection from Hebrews 12:1–2. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin...
by Dev Menon | Jul 17, 2026 | 2026, Community, Loving Others, Race
“I don’t think our church is ready for an Indian senior pastor.” That was an unsolicited comment made to me one Sunday in church. I assumed that the person who was addressing me was thinking of what had been going on in the political world and...
